How to Find God

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If you feel a yearning to connect with your god, this will give you some tips on how to make your first steps toward finding out who your god really is.

Find a form of worship that you feel good about, although you do not necessarily have to go to a church or other places of worship to find your god. You can search online or ask people who share your beliefs what place of worship and prayer they go to.

Look at your local library or bookstore for religious books. You might be able to find helpful books and videos about particular faiths in the religion section of your local library or bookstore. Books that may help could be a bible, the Tao te Ching (the central Taoist text), the Bhagavad Gita (A Hindu text in the form of dialogue), The art of peace (Morihei Ueshiba's spiritual teachings), a Qur'an, Buddhist writings such as the Pali Canon or the Dhammapada, or the Talmud.

Do not turn off your brain.Faith can be reasonable and rational. Faith is not superstition. As a seeker, you will be looking for reasons for your faith, for the truth about spiritual matters, and for seeing your own evidence of a divine being. Be open-minded about the supernatural, without being gullible.

Start your search with an open mind. Examine documents that support faith in your god. Receiving your god is as salvation by your god's grace, through faith, not by works, lest any boast -- but it's the gift of your god. You're saved for good works appointed that you walk in them. Be cautious of people or organizations that mock your god and faith or that profess to possess no clarity about your god. Most churches, synagogues, or temples have at least some truth.

Choose a person of faith. Ask one to offer some direction to peace. This does not need to be a pastor, prophet, minister, Apostle, nun or evangelist. Simply ask someone that you respect about their personal convictions, how and why.

Speak to your god. Most religions recognize prayer as a basic function of faith. Tell your god about your quest and your reasons for choosing to become a seeker. Ask your god for help understanding your god's ways and truth while seeking your god with your whole being.

Be ready to discard personal notions such as hate and envy, doubt you may have of the nature of your god. It has been said that in order to find your god, one must give up on one's, finite concept of who and what your god is. Using your finite mind to try to grasp infinity is like asking a fish to comprehend all the oceans of the world. You're bound to find something you aren't 100% ready for such as grace/love that passes all understanding. If you don't, you're not being honest with yourself in your search. Maybe your god isn't even a "He!"

Consider reading the holy books that are referred to as being or containing the word of your god as penned by prophets and apostles (followers) of your god, for example, the bible or Qur'an, or the Dhammapada, etc.

Repent. Change your mind. Do not allow yourself to be discouraged, in the way of finding your god's grace by faith. Don't look to others to get you to your god, but try to express your god's grace with all your heart, to help others, forgive and pray.

Without accepting the light of grace and faith you could not see your path/way. Seek the old path.

You are on right path, if you have faith, you will have doubt too. But in this divine path you don't need someone else's light to lighten your path, you just need is raise your question, ask to God and wait for then answer, you will surely have your doubts cleared in a unexpected way.

That is why we have faith. These spiritual teachings offer a sacred religious truth that God is in all things. The spirit of God is always with us, within us, and around us; in this way, God knows us all. Of course, the essence of this is belief. To put it simply: God knows who we are because we know who we are; because we have souls.

Why do I have to go to church if I can meditate or even pray in my house?

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Church is important for meeting with other people of faith and building a sense of community. Fellow church goers often help each other out, with practical matters as well as matters of faith. It is also helpful to have a church leader that you can appeal to in times of confusion or crisis.

Because everyone has different points of view and different experiences of Him or of the world or the universe. Not everyone has the same belief system and even the same supernatural beliefs, that's very black and white and not everyone thinks that way. It doesn't mean others are wrong, it just means they think about the whole bigger picture differently from you.

Everyone needs money, some more than most. God helps those who help themselves, so plan to work your way out of this sensibly. Get some help in putting together a budget, take this to the relevant loans officers and explain how you will pay back the loans. They may offer a loan consolidation at a better interest rate. God will aid you in using your foresight, courage and willingness to tackle the problem head on and with a long-term plan.

The answer to this question varies from person to person. While one individual may seek with all his/her soul and heart to speak with God and God will reply, there are some who may not hear a voice despite 'wanting' to speak with God. God does not differentiate between hearts, however God does wait to know if you want to speak with God or you just want to see what happens if you initiate a talk. This means, yes, God does speak to people.

That depends on your faith and how you see the world. For many people, this questions doesn't even need to be asked, as they answer in the affirmative or the negative without blinking. For others, it is a question of a quest, seeking, considering and deciding. Go your own path and decide for yourself.

Read, pray, think, study, and meditate on Genesis 1, especially 27-29, and you will see that God did not abandon us, God put us in charge. God lives in us, as Jesus said, "The kingdom of Heaven is within." God lives within you. Get acquainted! Then you will not feel abandoned.

Some places of worship offer 'meetings' or 'courses' in a neutral environment, some like a religious coffee shop or bookstore, to 'ask some questions about your god'. These courses can help your search, but they may be hoping to lead you in their particular direction.

Your god does not live in wood, steel, or brick and mortar buildings. Your god reveals Your god's self, by your god's love as your god lives in and among you, as you serve one another. The people are themselves the living temples and churches built of living-stones with beating hearts of flesh, together with whom you agree and worship your god.

Your god's energy flows through us all whether we know it or not. Search within yourself, connect to a higher power of your own understanding to open a path to your god. Anything more powerful than you. Begin in earnest and all will be revealed.

Once you believe you have found your god, realize that some people will not appreciate it if you attempt to feed all your findings to them. Hopefully, people will soon begin to see the differences in your life and ask you about it. Additionally realize this is not an opportunity to preach to them en masse, but rather a good time to, in all modesty, point out your own personal newness of life. So, offer forgiveness and grace, not judgment or holier than thou pronouncements.

Bear in mind that no matter how convinced you may become, there is still room for faith; decide to the best of your ability what you will believe and make a commitment. Accept your god's grace to give it to others.

When consulting 'religious' texts, pursue the actual translations of words used at the time of writing. Research the origins of concepts that came after the actual publishing of these texts that attempt to say 'it really meant this and that', as words tend to undergo generational mutation throughout cultures. Take note of the target audiences but be careful of people translating for you more than what is actually said. You may need to consult various translations to thoroughly seek out an idea's meaning. Religious texts are meant to describe and present your god, not to be or replace your god.

There is a wealth of difference between religion and faith. You can have faith without religion. You can have a path to your god without religion. Religion can be useful, at the very least to pray with others, to provide ceremonies at important times in our lives and simply to be part of a community.

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